Cluster · Kancheepuram district
Oragadam ஒரகடம்
Automobiles, commercial vehicles and tier-one components.
Firms
294
as at 31 Jul 2026 · source: MCA GODL layer; Arivu curation
Employed
1,12,000
as at 30 Jun 2026 · source: DES; establishment filings
Output
₹86,300 crore
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source: DES Annual Survey (structured)
Announced since 2021
₹52,700 crore
as at 31 Jul 2026 · source: Guidance releases; company filings
Realised
58%
as at 31 Jul 2026 · source: Arivu realisation tracker
What this cluster makes
The Detroit of the south's newest floor: a planned automotive corridor of vehicle assembly and tier-one supply, built around two large car plants and a commercial-vehicle line. The realisation record here is among the state's best — announced capacity has, unusually, mostly arrived.
Output, ₹'000 crore
Unit: ₹'000 cr
The firm table
Named firms — the whole point
No government site in the estate publishes one. Illustrative register; each row tagged and dated.
| Firm | CIN | Sector | Size | Status | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oragadam Drivetrain | U34103TN2010PLC078221 | Automobiles | Large | Active | C10 Aug 2026 |
| Guduvanchery Forgings | U27310TN2009PTC072890 | Forgings | Medium | Active | C14 Jul 2026 |
| Maraimalai Seating Systems | U29130TN2015PTC104556 | Auto components | Small | Active | C8 Apr 2026 |
| Singaperumal Castings | U27109TN2007PTC063001 | Castings | Medium | Amalgamated | C25 Feb 2026 |
Facilities and land
SIPCOT parks and availability
| Park | Operator | Developed | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPCOT Oragadam | SIPCOT | 2,100 ac | 11% |
Source: SIPCOT; illustrative · [C]
The commitment pipeline
Announced against realised
1 · Announced
2 · Land
3 · Clearance
4 · Commissioning
5 · Jobs
Value shown is announced ₹, narrowing as commitments progress. The announced-to-deployed discount is 60–80% C and is applied to every headline figure on this platform.
Workforce and skills
A mature automotive labour market with a deep tier-one supervisory bench; EV-transition reskilling is the emerging gap.
The constraint
Logistics cost to the Chennai and Kattupalli ports is the swing variable; monsoon flooding of the approach roads recurs.
This is the section a promotion agency cannot write. An evidence institution must — and that asymmetry is the entire licence to operate.
Method and sources
Every figure on this page carries its own confidence tag and as-at date. Firm counts derive from the MCA GODL layer with Arivu curation; output and employment are structured from the DES Annual Survey; commitments are traced from public releases and company filings, with the 60–80% announced-to-deployed discount applied. All figures on this preview are illustrative.
Announced to date: ₹11,200 crore across 2 tracked commitments.